" ? You Can 't Go Home Again, But ; It's Fun To Return To ASTC By CLAKK COX It wu a North Carolinian, Thomas Wolfe, who made fam ous the saying that "You cant go home again." And he was right, in ways that perhaps never occurred to him. To most of those who have graduated from Appalachian State Teachers College, Boone has become a second home; and for this reason, the college year holds "Homecoming" cere monies for those who wish to return and renew old ac quaintances, familiarizing them selves anew with old sights and sounds of the town and the cam pus as they do so. This weekend, Homecoming will again be observed at ASTC, and a number of special events have been planned for the en tertainment of alumni ? not the least of which are election of * Homecoming Queen and the annual Homecoming football game, this week against Carson Newman at Conrad Stadium. But the theme of this year's observance ? "The Old and the New" ? points out a sad fact about such observances. The old and the new can never be reconciled; places ? and people? change so quickly In the course of years and events that it becomes futile to attempt to hold on to things past. This town, this campus, will j be practically unrecognizable to members of the class who re turn to Boone for the first time to be specially recognised on the 29th anniversary of their graduation. And their class mates may prove to have changed even more. But all this . Is as it should be. Progress cannot occur with out a continual process of change; and people, too, cannot afford to stand still (even if they could) and let the rest of the world pass them by. Progress and human growth ? these two words summarize perhaps better than any others the changes which have been wrought during the past 25 years in the college and its alumni. But it is nevertheless always refreshing to return to the scenes of one's college days, altered though they may be. By doing to, graduate* of the col lege can gain a clearer picture i of the influence* which have shaped subsequent events and 1 ? we hope ? subsequent suc cesses. And Homecoming is a favor ite time for reminiscing about situations and experiences which, although long past, can ' never be lost. These things have been crucial in shaping the lives and characters of the 1 men and women who were yes terday's collegiates. Besides, Homecoming is the perfect excuse for taking a short, long-overdue vacation from the stresses of everyday routine. But our memory often plays tricks on us when we attempt to call back events and exper iences from a quarter-century ago. We wonder how many 1938 graduates recall clearly the events which were shaping his tory in the world, the nation, and the state, and which were making their collegiate days the most fondly remembered ones of their lives. We hope that the following notes help to jog their memor Face-Lifting The tennis courts of Appalachian State Tecahers College recently underwent reno vation, and are now ready (or use again. Courts near the boys dormitories and those near the laundry were resurfaced with a special composition which is expected to last for several years, and the net supports were enlarged. lee i bit, and entertain then is well aa they rehaah "old tinea" with their cohort*. The 1837 A3TC football team (the 1838 graduates were sen iors that fall, remember) was a powerhouse, losing the South ern Small College Champion ship game by a touchdown only to Mississippi State Teachers College after an unscored-upon regular season. Senior mem bers of the starting eleven were Rovie Jones Angell, Jamea Con nor Hawkins, Jacob Brenton Stines, Roy Harris Turbyfill, Jr., Earl William Henaon, and Hal Buckner Farthing. The athletic director and football coach, was Pierce 0. "Kidd" Brewer. Senior class officers were: president, Dwayne Thompson; vice-president, Lucy Little; sec retary, Nell McSwain; and treasurer, Ray Cline. Hal Farthing edited the school newspaper, The Appala chian; and Jack Gibbs was ed itor of the yearbook, the Rho dodendron. Miss Daisy Wil liams was chosen May Queen that year. A highlight for the Playcraft erts, the college dramatic as sociation, in 1838 was the smashing success of their pro duction of "H.M.S. Pinafore." The wrestling team enjoyed its sixth straight year of phe nomenal success (the string of successful years still hasn't been broken), and good years were alao enjoyed by the boys' and girls' basketball teams and the boxing and tennis teams. The favorite campus dance of 1838 was something called the "Big Apple," and was perhaps denounced and defended as strongly as the twist is today. A 71-apartment teacherage was in the works for the col lege, and construction began on a new $50,000 boys dorm. A flurry of other building work was taking place, and campus sidewalks were undergoing ex tensive repair. On the county level, a new post office was being built in Boone. Fighting between the "wets" and "drys" over the liquor sales issue had reached a peak. Rural electrification ser vice was beginning to be a ma jor topic of conversation. Roads in and around Boone were be ing widened and repaired in a program of major interest. And Robert L. Doughton gained his 15th term in the U. S. House [Of, Representatives, represent ing Watauga and surrounding counties. Statewide, all sorts of im provements were well under way as North Carolina made a belated entrance into the era of modernity under the strong leadership of Governor Clyde R. Hoey. The proposde new Blue Ridge Parkway was a ma |or topic of interest. Bat la the nation and world, the newt ?u mostly discour sing, if not downright bad. In Germany, a little man with s moustache was making a big and frightening noise; the rest of the world girded Itself for the coming war which appear ed to be just over the horizon, and everyone watched the news papers anxiously for news of j European affairs. But in England, a portly ci gar smoker was making it clear that his country was willing to fight Natism to the finish; and in the U. S., FDR was already stirring up talk that he may run for an unprecedented third term as President. The world lost its favorite en tertainer in 1938, when the plane in which Will Rogers was riding went down in Alaska. The pilot of that plane was Wiley Post, (a world-famous man in his own field, that of aviation. Their deaths were mourned all over the world. In baseball, the Yanks won their third straight World Ser ies, beating an aging Dizzy Dean and his Chicago Cub teammates in four straight games. And a rookie named Ted Williams was vying for attention with another youngster named DiMaggio. All this happened In 1838 ? along with much, much more. Remember? Dr. Weaver To Be Speaker At Farm-Gty Event County Agent L. E. TUcfcwiUer has announced that the principal speaker on the program for the annual Farm-City Meeting, to be held at Cove Creek High School gymnasium November 14 at 6:30 pm , will be Mr. David S. Wea ver, Chairman of the North Caro lina State Commission on Soil and Water Conservation. The rest of the program has been only partially made out, ac cording to Tuckwiller. The com plete itinerary will be announced as soon as it is definitely decided upon. The Ftorm-City Meeting is a highlight of the year for farmers, merchants, and business and pro fessional people all over Watauga County. The annual event allows citizens in all types of work throughout the county to get to gether in a highly social atmos phere and talk over common problems. Smart advertising is the best method to increase total sales in 1963. 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